Border Patrol Use of Excessive Force 2015

The Clinic is co-counseling with the ACLU of Texas, to represent a U.S. citizen who was subjected to excessive force by an officer of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during a search of her vehicle in Brownsville. The Bivens lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Brownsville, alleges that the CBP official violated her Fourth Amendment rights to be free of unreasonable seizures and excessive force, and also has Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims. In addition, the Clinic sometimes partners with the ACLU of Texas on non-litigation advocacy regarding Constitutional rights at the border.